JCS 1067 Directive to Commander-in-Chief of United States Forces of Occupation Regarding the Military Government of Germany; April 1945
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4. Basic Objectives of Military Government
... b. Germany will not be occupied for the purpose of liberation but as a defeated enemy nation. Your aim is not oppression but to occupy Germany for the purpose of realizing certain important Allied objectives. In the conduct of your occupation and administration you should be just but firm and aloof. You will strongly discourage fraternization with the German officials and population.
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